Tobey Marshall ( Aaron Paul ) , a mechanic from New York in debt over the shop after his father 's departure . Dino Brewster ( Dominic Cooper ) and then come and offer Tobey whole workshop crew to fix Ford Mustang GT500 car designed by Carroll Shelby , the legendary car designer . If the car was being sold at a price of U.S. $ 2 million , Dino will share 20 percent of them .
After successfully updating the car , Dino turns out to cheat . The commotion happened between Tobey and Dino bring them into the wild race that also involves a friend of Tobey , Pete ( Harrison Gilbertson ) . In the wild racing , Pete died , and Dino escape . It made Tobey have languished in jail for two years .
Tobey Sekeluarnya from prison , he brings with resentment and anger to Dino . Tobey tried to get revenge by beating Dino in a wild race ' DeLeon ' in San Francisco which is governed by a mysterious internet radio called Monarch ( Michael Keaton ) . Only a few drivers were invited to participate in the illegal racing .
The Ford Mustang GT500 car buyers he had modified , Julia ( Imogen Poots ) wanted to accompany Tobey passed the journey from New York to San Fracnsisco to follow DeLeon .
However , their journey is not smooth . With the status of an inmate with Tobey that freedom is still limited , many obstacles they face .